During election seasons, an ever popular parlor game for political historians is finding and seeking candidate antecedents. For example, “Is Bernie Sanders William Jennings Bryan?” is making the rounds. And if Trump is trumped, what footnote to history will he become?  If Trumps goes gently – or not so gently – into the electoral night, … Continue reading If Donald Trump becomes a footnote in political history, he will become William Randolph Hearst. And maybe Bernie Sanders is William Jennings Bryan